Resilient wheel



Nov. 13,1923. 11,473,9w

' W. A. WITTEN RESILIENT WHEEL Filed March 10, 1922 Patented Nov. l3, less.

llNllllElD WILLIAIJI A. WIT'IEN, OE DUNCAN, OKLAHOM'A.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

Application filed March 10, 1922.

To all whom it may conccam:

Be it known that l, lVlLLIAM A. WITTEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Duncan. in the county of Stephens and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Resilient Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle wheels and pertains particularly to resilient wheels and to the arrangement and construction of the parts thereof.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a wheel oil. the character described which shall give ample resiliency to the vehicle supported thereon, the wheel being constructed particularly with respect to simplicity and economical manufacture.

Another principal objectof the invention is the provision of a wheel of this nature adapted to be attached to the folly of any wheel where resiliency is required, but particularly adapted for attachment to the regular telly of an automobile or other motor vehicle wheel, or which may be built onto the wheel permanently. The invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the following description, taken in connectic-n with the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is an elevational view oi a wheel of the resilient t pe and embodying the in vention, with parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the spokes, telly and rims; and

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view, taken on line 83 of Figure 2.

lteferring more in detail to the drawings, l1 denote'the spokes, 2 the hub and 3 the telly of an ordinary motor vehicle wheel.

An inner rim is provided with lugs 5-5 by means of which the rim 4; is detaehably fastened to the telly 3 by bolts 66, or may be fastened to the telly 3 and built into the Serial No. 542,654.

wheel permanently. An outer rim 7 is provided and is of larger diameter than the inner rim l to permit of an annular space between the inner and outer rims wherein are disposed a plurality of springs 88. Each end of these springs is seated upon a plate 9 having in its center a projecting cone-shaped protuberance 11 over which the spring is seated, the spring fitting snugly around the base of the cone-shaped protuberance and resting upon and against the plates 99 in the manner shown in Figure 2. Que part of the spring at 12 has an inwardly turned end 12 receivable in a slot 13 in either one of the protuberances l1-11 or both of them it preferred. The projecting cone-shaped protuberance will prevent lateral play or movement of the outer rim 7 and wheel body, the inwardly turned end 12 of the springs preventing them from being dislodged from the plates. 14 is a solid rubber tire, but which may be of any type desired.

The inner rim l with the outer rim, and springs and tire it may he slipped on and oil the telly 3 in the same manner as when the ordinary pneumatic tire is removed and replaced with its rim to and from the telly 3 and secured in the same manner by lugs 5 5 thereto.

What is claimed is- A. resilient wheel including inner and outer spaced rims, base plates carried by the rims in the space therebetween, cone-shaped protuberances carried by the base plates and each having aradial opening located close to the base plate, th protuberances of the re spective rims being located opposite to each other, and coil springs surrounding the opposed protubcrances and seated on the base plates thereof? and having their ends turned inwardly at a sharp angle and engaged in the respective openings.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM A. VVITTEN.

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